Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-18460 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-18460 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-18460?
- Informational severity, published 22 September 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Rti Connext Professional 7.0.0 before 7.3.1.6, 7.4.0 before 7.7.0.1.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-18460?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2026-18460 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a software library.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-18460?
- Check whether you run Rti Connext Professional at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
An off-by-one error in RTI Connext Professional's core libraries permits out-of-bounds write operations, leading to buffer overflow. The vulnerability affects versions 7.0.0 before 7.3.1.6 and 7.4.0 before 7.7.0.1. Exploitation requires network access to a Connext endpoint but no authentication; patched versions are available.
Affected products
- RTI Connext Professional 7.0.0 before 7.3.1.6, 7.4.0 before 7.7.0.1
Timeline
- 2026-09-22: disclosed